[Epidemiology of Parkinson's disease in Spain and its contextualisation in the world].

CONCLUSIONS: Its prevalence and incidence vary greatly around the world. In general, prevalence is higher in Europe and the United States than in other countries and is relatively uniform, fluctuating over a range that is not very noteworthy. In Asian, Latin American and African countries it is lower, especially in this last continent. These differences could be partly due to the specific factors of the population studied (that is to say, higher mortality rate due to lower economic resources). The most firmly established risk factors are ageing and being male. PMID: 29435969 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Revista de Neurologia - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Rev Neurol Source Type: research